BRODHEAD - Brodhead teachers and the school board agreed to a salary freeze Wednesday for all teachers and administrators for the 2010-11 school year.
The district will save about $70,000 next year by freezing teachers' salaries. It is expected to save another $17,000 with the salary freeze for the administrators.
The plan to freeze teachers' salaries was first proposed at a community meeting Feb. 18. Final wording of the agreement was adopted Wednesday.
Teachers decided to re-open negotiations on their previously settled contract. The teachers agreed to the salary freeze at their March 8 meeting and the school board approved the plan Wednesday. Mike Goecks, president of the Brodhead Education Association, said all 83.5 members of the teachers' union agreed to the salary freeze.
"We want to show that we're supporting the district, the kids and the community," Goecks said.
The board also voted Wednesday to eliminate an administrative position at the end of the 2011 contract. The specific position has not been identified.
The district has nine administrators including the superintendent; three school principals; the business director; the technology coordinator; the facilities supervisor; the curriculum and instruction coordinator; and the public services coordinator.
Brodhead residents go to the polls April 6 to determine if the school district should be allowed to exceed state-mandated revenue limits for the next three years.
District residents are asked to allow the district to exceed the state-mandated revenue caps by $393,000 in 2010-11; $567,000 in 2011-12; and $797,100 in 2012-13.
If the referendum is approved, the tax rate for 2010-11 would be $8.27, which is lower than this year's rate of $8.45. In the second year of the referendum, taxpayers will pay $9.52 per thousand dollars of equalized value. In the third year, the tax rate will increase to $10.16.
A four-year referendum to allow the district to exceed the revenue limits failed Feb. 16 by a 55 percent to 45 percent vote.
The district will save about $70,000 next year by freezing teachers' salaries. It is expected to save another $17,000 with the salary freeze for the administrators.
The plan to freeze teachers' salaries was first proposed at a community meeting Feb. 18. Final wording of the agreement was adopted Wednesday.
Teachers decided to re-open negotiations on their previously settled contract. The teachers agreed to the salary freeze at their March 8 meeting and the school board approved the plan Wednesday. Mike Goecks, president of the Brodhead Education Association, said all 83.5 members of the teachers' union agreed to the salary freeze.
"We want to show that we're supporting the district, the kids and the community," Goecks said.
The board also voted Wednesday to eliminate an administrative position at the end of the 2011 contract. The specific position has not been identified.
The district has nine administrators including the superintendent; three school principals; the business director; the technology coordinator; the facilities supervisor; the curriculum and instruction coordinator; and the public services coordinator.
Brodhead residents go to the polls April 6 to determine if the school district should be allowed to exceed state-mandated revenue limits for the next three years.
District residents are asked to allow the district to exceed the state-mandated revenue caps by $393,000 in 2010-11; $567,000 in 2011-12; and $797,100 in 2012-13.
If the referendum is approved, the tax rate for 2010-11 would be $8.27, which is lower than this year's rate of $8.45. In the second year of the referendum, taxpayers will pay $9.52 per thousand dollars of equalized value. In the third year, the tax rate will increase to $10.16.
A four-year referendum to allow the district to exceed the revenue limits failed Feb. 16 by a 55 percent to 45 percent vote.